Working alongside these exceptional teammates has been wonderful ❤️ We couldnt ask for better mentorship Omar M Ghanem 🙏🏻 Cheers to another successful year 🥂

Very excited to see this project materialize! A comprehensive review of the SADI-S procedure. ✍🏻 Special thanks to everyone who contributed, and to Omar M Ghanem for his support and mentorship as usual! 🥳

⚡️Laparoscopic Median Arcuate Ligament Release⚡️ Technique & Outcomes 🔺30 pts in < 2 yrs 🔺97% laparoscopic 🔺40ml = 🩸🩸loss 🔺76% of pts w complete symptom resolution & another 10% had improvement #MALS is a multidisciplinary CURABLE #surgical dz journals.lww.com/surgical-lapar…

The #METABOLIC effects of the #GastricBypass: Continued #Diabetes Remission (CDR) after Weight Recurrence (WR) 🔺 More than 5️⃣0️⃣ % of pts w WR still had CDR w long term follow up 🔺60% of pts who regained >1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣% of their weight had remained in CDR‼️ journals.lww.com/journalacs/abs…

⏰ Every Year of DELAY in referral to Gastric Bypass ⬇️⬇️ chance of #diabetes resolution by 7% ✅ Half of pts w DM who are referred within first 6 years of diagnosis achieve COMPLETE resolution at 0.5 to 1.1 years No other modality 💊💉 can do that journals.lww.com/international-…

Extremely grateful to be staying at my top choice next year!! 🤩 Proud to be a part of the Mayo Clinic General Surgery Residency family #Match2024 #MedTwitter

Great collaborative multicentered effort to provide some insight into the potential use of Metabolic Surgery as a Bridge to Neoplastic Therapy. ‼️ Grateful for Dr. Omar M Ghanem ‘s expertise and mentorship as usual! 🤝

I cannot express how happy I am to be joining the Mayo Clinic General Surgery Residency family next year! Looking forward to meeting the faculty and my co-residents. #Match2024

As someone who used B&B videos as a first-tier resource in med school, this had me in tears 😂. Definitely sealed the deal with the Taylor Swift cameos! #TaylorSwift

I was very excited to learn that my mentor Dr. Omar M Ghanem has been named Author of the Month by Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) ! 🌟 Congratulations!!

Enjoyed watching Yara Salameh present one of her works at this year’s #DDW2024 ! Keep an eye out for this rising superstar 🌟!

Had a great time at my first #DDW2024 !! Thrilled to have presented our exciting work alongside my fellow colleagues. 🤩 Grateful for my mentor Dr. Andrew Storm and senior Lea Sayegh 🙏🏼 Can’t wait for the next one!

Evaluating the Incidence, Risk Factors & Postoperative Complications Associated with Leaks Following Duodenal Switch 🔺21800 pts 🔺Leak = 0.8% 🔺Predictors of leak: steroids & longer OR times Couldn’t assess surgeon experience & volume per center 🧐 soard.org/article/S1550-…

🫘 #BariatricSurgery & the diseased kidney: a 5-year assessment of safety & postoperative #renal outcomes🫘 🟡 302 pts 🔷 Stage 3 pts —> 50% had down staging of their kidney dz 📈The graph below shows how MBS allowed more of stages 4&5 to get #transplant link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Masterful laparoscopic skills by Dr. 👏🏻Omar M Ghanem

Some of our latest research here at Mayo Clinic Department of Surgery. Exploring the “double-diabetes” paradigm in patients with preoperative T1D. How do they compare to those with insulin-treated T2D? Had the pleasure of working on this manuscript with Dr. Omar M Ghanem 🤝🏻

🫀🫁 Obesity, organ failure & transplantation: Review of the role of bariatric surgery in transplant candidates & recipients 🫘🥩 12 surgeons, 2 societies, 2 publishers to benefit many patients (SAGES is in Long Beach in 2025! & ASTS) link.springer.com/article/10.100… amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-…

Woke up to the news that 3/3 of my abstracts as primary author were accepted to ACG🤩 See you in Philly!! ACG Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology & Hepatology

How does bariatric surgery affect insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes⁉️ Our latest research reveals a substantial rate of complete remission, especially following BPD/DS‼️ Even in those who did not achieve full remission, insulin usage decreased significantly 📉 Mayo Clinic Department of Surgery

Using Pre-Operative Insulin Dose to Predict Diabetes Remission after RYGB vs SG: 🔷 Lower insulin doses = higher diabetes remission post-surgery 🔷 Remission rates: 73% vs 34% (low vs high insulin dose) 🔷 RYGB > SG: for mid-range insulin doses #PrecisionMedicine Omar M Ghanem